ROBERT W. JOHNSON

Robert W. Johnson was born Sept. 17, 1931, to the late Robert W. Johnson and Victoria Barnes in Miami, Fla.

Bob, as he was so affectionately called, attended the Miami/Dade Public School system as a child. He worked for Pizzo, Seabrook Farms, Cohansey Hotel and Syes Cleaners, where he met the late Geraldine Seegars, and they later married on Feb. 15, 1958. Three children were born to this union. He started working for Wheaton's in December 1962.

Bob was a member of St. Paul's Baptist Church for many years and was an active member of the choir. He later joined in membership at St. James Baptist Church in Norma, where he was active on the trustee board, and in his earlier years taught Sunday school and sang on the choir. Music and golfing were his hobbies. He retired in 1998 from Wheaton Glass, Millville.

Robert fell asleep in the Lord on Sept. 6, 2010. He was predeceased by his wife, Geraldine, in March 1999; father, Robert W. Johnson; mother, Victoria Barnes; and brother, David Barnes.

He leaves to cherish his memories: two daughters, Patricia Holland (Charles) of Minotola and Lisa Phillips (Cloyd) of Millville; one son, Robert Jr. (Kathleen) of Brotmanville; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Juanita Griggs of Detroit, Mich., and Mildred Betties of Miami, Fla.; father-in-law, Kenneth Saunderson of Minotola; three sisters-in-law, Evelyn Allen, Elaine Duncan and Janet Lively (John); brother-in-law, Daniel Seegars (Melissa); and surrogate children, Stella Johnson, Tony Snow, Jeff Greenblatt and Sharon Cartwright.

Services will be held on Saturday at Union Baptist Temple, 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Bridgeton, NJ 08302. Viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with funeral services at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests all donations be made to South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center, Vineland, NJ 08360.